Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cpufreq: imx6q/thermal: imx: register cooling device depending on OF

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On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 11:31:57 AM CEST Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 19-06-18, 11:22, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > Hi Viresh,
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, den 19.06.2018, 14:35 +0530 schrieb Viresh Kumar:
> > > On 08-06-18, 11:06, Bastian Stender wrote:
> > > > The cooling device should be part of the i.MX cpufreq driver, but it
> > > > cannot be removed for the sake of DT stability.
> > > 
> > > I am not sure what you meant by DT stability here. Can you please explain that ?
> > 
> > The goal that we strive for in i.MX land is that a any newer kernel
> > boots on a older DT without functional regressions compared to a
> > matching DT/kernel pair when possible.
> 
> Right, that's being backwards compatible and we must do that.
> 
> > > What about calling both OF and non-OF calls from the cpufreq driver, based on
> > > the fact that data is present in DT or not ?
> > 
> > That's right, we could move the cooling device registration completely
> > to the cpufreq driver. As that would consolidate the code some more, I
> > agree that this is the right way to go.
> 
> We are good to go then :)

So I've applied the patch.

Thanks!

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